NASSP Honors Philadelphia Principal as “Principal of the Year”
This is a wonderful story of a public school whose students succeeded against the odds thanks to a dedicated and creative leader. Will Bill Gates...
Category : Principals
NYC Administrators’ Union Votes “No Confidence” in Mayor and Chancellor
New York City’s CSA (Council of Supervisors and Administrators) passed a unanimous vote of no confidence in Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza for their...
NYC: Principals, Teachers, Nurses Seek Delay in Opening
Spokespersons for principals, teachers, and nurses have called on Mayor De Blasio to delay reopening and provide more time to prepare schools, reports Gotham Gazette,...
Carol Burris on NPE Survey of Emergency Remote Learning
Carol Burris conducted a survey of teachers, parents, and principals on behalf of the Network for Public Education to learn about how this extended period...
Peter Greene: This is What Administrators Are Supposed to Do
Peter Greene writes here about the forgotten role of the principal and superintendent. It is not to promote misguided and harmful policies such as those...
John Ogozalek: What Teachers Can Do to Help During Epidemic Crisis
John Ogozalek teaches in rural upstate New York. He writes: Let’s hope we dodge this bullet as a nation. But it sounds like the COVID-19...
Mercedes Schneider Asks: Who Is Jon Schnur and Why Does It Matter?
In this post, Mercedes Schneider does her trademark “deep dig” into the career of one Jon Schnur. It turns out that he is the...
John Rogers: School and Society in the Age of Trump
John Rogers and his research team at UCLA have completed a valuable study of the effect of Trump and his ideology on schools, students,...
Washington, D.C.: Does Anyone Know if the Reports About Staff Turnover Are Accurate?
Valerie Jablow, D.C. parent, blogger, and activist, read two reports on teacher and principal attrition and retention. One of them was prepared by the highly...
Sacramento: Principal of Rhee-Johnson Charter School Quits in Protest
The principal of Sacramento Charter High School resigned in protest, siding with the students who were demonstrating against teacher turnover, a change in the dress...